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Exhibits

CURRENT & UPCOMING SPECIAL EXHIBITS

Curious George: Let's Get Curious!

Now Open through May 10, 2015!

Letting curiosity and inquiry be their guides, visitors explore familiar buildings and locales from theCurious George™book series and television show on PBS KIDS inCurious George™: Let's Get Curious! The exhibit presents key concepts in science, math and engineering, which are woven and layered throughout the exhibit.

Science + You

Now Open through May 10, 2015!

Designed as a real-life -- but child-sized -- laboratory, Science + You allows children to explore how scientists impact health and wellness. Through interactive machinery, processes and technology,Science + Youopens a window into the world of the research scientist and, through fun activities, shows how science keeps our bodies healthy.

NANO

Nano is an interactive exhibition that engages family audiences in nanoscale science, engineering, and technology. Hands-on exhibits present the basics of nanoscience and engineering, introduce some real world applications, and explore the societal and ethical implications of this new technology.

SCIENCE STUDIOS

By Spring/Summer 2016, BMS will transform its museum experience by installing eight permanent science studios. Defined as “a new model of interactive science exhibition”, science studios integrate the museum’s unique collections with hands-on, interactive experiences focusing on different areas of science. Entry to science studios is included with general museum admission and free for BMS Members.

Rethink Extinct - Opens March 28, 2015!

The Museum's dinosaur and fossil specimens return with Rethink Extinct. Is extinction just a thing of the past? Take a journey through time to explore the past - and the future - of life on Earth.

Explore YOU presented by Independent Health

HEALTH SCIENCES - Take a interactive approach to health and explore the most recent advances in medical technology.

Our Marvelous Earth

EARTH SYSTEMS - Explore the complexities of the global weather system and geologic phenomena like earthquakes and hurricanes, as well as investigate alternative forms of energy.

In Motion

Bug Works

Insects Learn about the kind of bugs that creep, crawl and fly and their place and purpose in our ecosystem. Join Sparky and Ocho O’Rider, Bug Works’ Lightning Bug Foreman and his tarantula helper, as they guide you through seven interactive displays and discover why such tiny creatures have such big jobs to do.

Artifacts

Culture Anthropology is the study of humankind, past and present. Crossing geographic and cultural boundaries, anthropologists study who we are and where we came from. The objects we use and create are just one of the tools anthropologists use to answer these questions, and Artifacts features the Museum's anthropology and ethnographic collections and explores the similarities across cultures as evidenced by the objects we create..

The exhibit contains a rich array of fossils and artifacts, many found at the Museum's archeological dig site in Genesee County, New York, documenting the changing fauna, flora, cultures and environments of the Northeast over the past 13,500 years.

This exhibit will close April 13, 2015 to begin construction for our new interactive Biodiversity exhibit opening in fall 2015!

The programs of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences are supported in part by public funds from the County of Erie; City of Buffalo; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and our members and friends.